Re: bash support for XDG Base Directory spec (~/.config/bash/)

[Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev]

imho a part of the discussion will involve the topic of then removing the
~/ files for only ~/xdg/conf whatever which i think is a nogo

On Wed, Nov 3, 2021, 15:35 Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:

> On 11/2/21 9:53 AM, Siteshwar Vashisht wrote:
> > On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 11:48 AM Allison Karlitskaya <
> > allison.karlitskaya@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> >> hello,
> >>
> >> Please consider these two patches for inclusion in bash to support
> >> storing shell initialisation files (profile, bashrc) in a subdirectory
> >> of ~/.config/ as most programs do these days.
> >>
> >> I'm happy to make changes to address any feedback.
> >>
> >> Even if you'd prefer not to apply the second patch, applying the first
> >> patch is a nice cleanup and would make it easier for distributions
> >> such as Fedora to apply the second patch for themselves.
> >>
> >> Thank you very much for your consideration,
> >>
> >
> > This issue is also discussed in Red Hat bug[1]. I will leave few notes
> > about it here.
>
>         [...]
>
> > Proposed patch doesn't fully implement this specification:
>
> OK. So we have an incomplete patch for a novel piece of functionality (in
> the sense that no other shell implements it). That's going to impose an
> implementation and maintenance cost that is better spent elsewhere -- at
> least to this point.
>
> The OP assumes that the value of this functionality is self-evident. I'm
> a little more skeptical. How does it help make things easier for users?
> How does it aid portability? Is it demonstrably better than the current
> scheme, which has been in place for many years and is settled and well-
> understood?
>
> I'm not seeing a large number of reports about this (before this, the
> last report was in 2016).
>
> If someone wants to keep their config files in ~/.config/bash, what is
> wrong with using symlinks from ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bashrc to those
> files?
>
> Chet
>
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> Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU    chet@case.edu    http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
>
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